Chinese Sculpture

Kleijkamp, Jan & Ellis Monroe (Collection of) . Chinese Sculpture, Han (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) to Sung (A.D. 960-1279. Fulton, NY: Morrill Press, 1944. ; fester Einband / hard cover
Folio - over 12" - 15" tall Number 111 of 500. Inked ownership on front free page. Remnants of something glued to inside front and back covers. Binding tight, pages clean. From exhibit at M.H. De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco. An exhibition catalog of the collection of Jan Kleijkamp and Ellis Monroe. Foreword and descriptions by Alfred Salmony. Includes acknowledgments, list of plates, introduction, Chinese styles in sculpture (Han, Wei, Northern Ch'i, Sui, T'ang, Sung, Liao, Chin, Yuan, Ming), dynasties and periods of sculpture, catalogue, selected bibliography. Items on exhibit included doors to a funerary chamber, pillars, slabs, busts, stone lions, votive steles, full round statuettes and sculptures (stone and wood), "The former private collection and the present exhibit concentrate on commemorative reliefs or other monuments of independent function which stood in temples, grottoes and private precincts; their removal destroyed no architectural or sculptural unit of higher order. The European collectors of Chinese Art before 1914 had concentrated on that type of sculpture, either out of artistic conciousness, or because their Chinese suppliers did not as yet dare to spoil holy places." 31 plates.

Limited/Numbered, Hard Cover, Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Zhongguo Lidai Yishu Bianji Weiyuanhui: Chinese Art Through the Ages - 6 Volumes Complete,

Beijing, Shanghai Shuhua, 1994. First Edition. Quarto. Cloth & Slipcase. Near Fine. Near Fine. Volume 1-2: Painting (2 vols). 360 and 369 Pages, colour illustrations, text in Chinese. These beautifully photgraphed volumes survey the history, development and great variety of Chinese painting. Volume I focuses on earliest paintings up through the Song dynasty, with particular attention paid to landscapes. Volume II focuses on the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, with particular emphasis on scroll paintings. Begins with a brief essay and ends with a brief commentary on each photograph. Volume 3: Sculpture. 377 Pages, colour illustrations and black and white line drawings, text in Chinese. This beautifully photographed volume surveys the history, development and great variety of Chinese sculpture, the vast majority of which is religious in nature. The authors present comprehensive coverage of various Buddhist images, as well as earlier burial figures among others. Begins with a brief essay and ends with a brief commentary on each photograph.; Volume 4: Art and crafts. 360 Pages, colour illustrations and black and white line drawings, text in Chinese. This photographic volume surveys the history, development and great variety of Chinese art in its many media - jade, sculpture, painting, furniture, calligraphy, ceramics, lacquer and bronzeware. An excellent, comprehensive photographic catalogue of the beauty of Chinese art. Begins with a brief essay and ends with a brief commentary on each photograph.; Volume 5: Architecture. 360 Pages, colour illustrations and black and white line drawings, text in Chinese. This photographic volume surveys the history, development and great variety of Chinese art in its many media - jade, sculpture, painting, furniture, calligraphy, ceramics, lacquer and bronzeware. An excellent, comprehensive photographic catalogue of the beauty of Chinese art. Begins with a brief essay and ends with a brief commentary on each photograph.; Volume 6: Calligraphy. 355 Pages, colour illustrations and black and white line drawings, text in Chinese. This beautifully photographed volume surveys the history, development and great variety of calligraphy and author's seals. The authors have included countless pictures of famous and otherwise noteworthy calligraphy. Begins with a brief essay and ends with a brief commentary on each photograph. An Wonderful set!

[SW: China - Decorative Arts/China - History China Chinese Art]

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China, Kulturgeschichte, Kunstgeschichte, Sinologie. 1. Chaowen, Wang (Preface); 2. Deydidier, Christian; 3. Caroselli, Susan L. (Ed.); 4. Lang, Jack M. u. a. (M. du Comite'); 5. Yu, Shao u. a.; 6. o. Ang. 1. The First Empereor's Terracotta Legion; 2. Les Bronzes Archaiques Chinois. I. Xia & Shang; 3. The Quest for Eterinity. Chinese Ceramic Sculpture from the People's Republic of China; 4. Zhongshan: Tombes des Rois Oublies. Exposition archeologique chinoise du Royaume de Zhongshan; 5. The Great Treasury of Chinese Fine Arts. Sculpture 2. Sculpture of the Qin and Han Dynasties; 6. Hai-wai Yi-Chen. Chinese Art in Overseas Collections. Buddhist Sculpture. 1. Beijing: China Travel and Tourism Press 1988; 2. Paris: ARHIS (1995); 3. Los Angeles: Museum Associates (1987); 4. Paris: Associations Francaise d'Action Artistique 1985; 5. Bejing: Editing Committe of the Great Treasury of Chinese Fine Arts (o. Jahresangabe, ca, 1990); 6. Taipeh: National Palace Museum (1986).
1. With a list of photographs and paintings; 2. 2-sprachig: franz./engl., mit Schmuckvorsätzen, casting techniques, fakes and counterfeites, morphology, bibliography, chronology and maps; 3. With glossary, character list and suggested reading; 4. with maps and list of sites; 5. Translated from the Chinese by Hong Yunxi; 6. With many excellent reproductions (applies to all titles).

1. Oln., Ou., 206 S., folio.(Gutes exemplar); 2. Oln., Goldprägung, Ou., 289 S., Gr8°. (Gutes Exemplar); 3. Okrt., 161 S., Gr8°. (Leichte Altersspuren, gutes Exemplar); 4. Okrt., ca. 100 S. (nicht paginiert); 5. Oln., Gold- und Blindprägung, Ou., 92, 155 S., 4°. (Gutes Exemplar); 6. Okldr., Goldprägung, Ou., 200 S., 4°. (Leichte Altersspuren, gutes Exemplar). Abage nur zusammen. Als kostenlose Zugabe: 1. Xueqin, Li: The Wonder of Chinese Brozes, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press 1980; 2. Recent discoveries in Chinese Archeology. 28 Articles by Chinese Archeaologists Describing Their Excavations, Ort und verlag wie vor, 1984.,

[SW: China, Archäologie, Kunst, Kunstgeschichte, Buddhismus, Skulptur, Broncen, Kunsthandwerk.]

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Eskenazi Ltd. Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Sculpture,

London, Eskenazi, 2005. First Edition. Quarto. Soft Cover. As New. 55 Pages, colour frontis, 12 items illustrated in colour, some with side views, bibliography. This catalogue brings together two major aspects of Chinese art history - ancient bronzes and Buddhist sculpture. The pieces range in date from the Shang period (c.1300-1027 BC), the first documented Chinese dynasty and the great age of bronze casting, to the glorious ceramic age of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644 AD). Among these remarkable pieces are two elaborate bronze vessels cast some 3,000 years ago. The earliest in date and the most important is a bronze you and cover of the Shang period. Another remarkable bronze is the ding (ritual food vessel) dating from some 500 years later, the Spring and Autumn Period, 770-476 BC. Very different in spirit is the later group of Buddhist sculptures in stone, wood and ceramic, several of which depict the Buddha. The wood sculpture is an exceptionally elegant Bodhisattva of the Song period, 960-1279 AD, seated in the position of rajalilasana or royal ease. Another fine piece is the glazed stoneware Guanyin as it bears the name of the person who made it, a rare feature, as well as the date it was made - 1500 - which is in the middle of the Ming dynasty.

[SW: China - Dealer Catalogues/China - Bronzes/China - Sculpture Chinese Art Bronzes Sculpture]

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